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HANSARDPrison SafetyNo. Luckily, the Ministry of Justice and the Prison Service have robust and proper guidance and procedures for when such scenarios come to fruition. I am satisfied, and the…16 Dec 2025HANSARDPrisoner Early Release: Earned ProgressionWe will not take any lessons about violence against women and girls from the Conservatives. Prosecutions for rape went down under the last Conservative Government, but we are…16 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Deputy Prime Minister has set out a five-point plan to deal with the long-standing issue of releases in error in our criminal justice system. There were 800 releases in error…16 Dec 2025HANSARDPrison SafetyI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that important case, which is very much on the radar of the Ministry of Justice. I will raise the issue personally with the Minister of…16 Dec 2025HANSARDPrisoner Early Release: Earned ProgressionI speak regularly with my hon. Friend the Member for Amber Valley (Linsey Farnsworth), who was an experienced Crown Prosecution Service prosecutor. When I speak to her, she tells…16 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsUtter nonsense! We do not take advice from the Conservative party on the operational challenges that we face when we encounter these issues; we engage with the police directly. We…16 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government regularly meet trade unions and the Prison Officers Association. I will take this opportunity to put on record again our thanks to prison officers, who do an…16 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. and learned Member will know that this is a devolved matter. I met the Justice Ministers from all the devolved nations last week, and we continue to have that dialogue to…16 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have already made it clear during this Justice Question Time that we will not be giving a running commentary on the numbers. This Government are taking action to deal with this…16 Dec 2025HANSARDPrison SafetyWe are enhancing security measures and easing crowding to curb violence and improve safety in prisons, as well as looking at measures to improve meaningful activity to increase…16 Dec 2025HANSARDContracted Prisoner Escort Services: BournemouthMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise the shocking situation in our Crown courts and civil courts that the Government inherited from the Conservative party. We must take…16 Dec 2025HANSARDContracted Prisoner Escort Services: BournemouthThe HM Prison and Probation Service prisoner escort and custody services team ensures that Serco meets its contract obligations and takes action when it falls short. Delays at…16 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for her important question. That sounds like a really important initiative. A big swathe of this Government’s agenda is trying to tackle reoffending, which…16 Dec 2025HANSARDOpen Prisons: Rehabilitation PlacementsThe hon. Member raises an important point. The Sentencing Bill will hopefully receive Royal Assent next year, and there are certainly operational challenges to ensure that those…16 Dec 2025HANSARDDraft Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2025I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2025. It is a pleasure to serve…15 Dec 2025HANSARDDraft Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2025I am grateful for the hon. Member’s support for these provisions. I will write to him with an update on the specific measure that he mentioned and whether that work will be…15 Dec 2025HANSARDDraft Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2025That might be a question for Home Office colleagues to respond to, but I will look into it, and if I can respond, I certainly will. Question put and agreed to.15 Dec 2025HANSARDCammell Laird Workers’ Imprisonment: Public InquiryI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool Riverside (Kim Johnson) on securing this debate, and on her characteristically powerful speech on this important issue. I…10 Dec 2025HANSARDCammell Laird Workers’ Imprisonment: Public InquiryI take the suggestion seriously. As I have said on document disclosure, which I think is the first step for the campaign, and in my hon. Friend getting what she is seeking,…10 Dec 2025HANSARDCammell Laird Workers’ Imprisonment: Public InquiryI am grateful for my right hon. Friend’s intervention. My point about the passage of time was not me being flippant about this serious issue. The Orgreave events occurred in my…10 Dec 2025